Brettley RugglesBR
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Brettley Ruggles

@brettleyruggles

I like to design intuitive product experiences and make the internet a nice place for humans. 🫶

United States
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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to join an inclusive, empathetic, user-centered company who's Product initiatives start with a user problem and are solved using the design thinking process to ideate, develop, test and iterate on solutions.

Hi, I'm Brettley! I started my professional career as a filmmaker, with a Bachelor's in Multimedia Production, and then spent 10 years telling stories about users and products through commercials. During the pandemic I had time to reflect on my journey to that point and realized I wanted to be part of creating and improving products. I completed over 200 hours of instruction and received a Google UX/UI Certificate, and then spent 12 weeks in an immersive live-learning Memorisely bootcamp working on real case studies for Wim Hof App and MyPlace.co. Shortly after completing those courses, I landed my first role at FM | Musicbed, Filmsupply, and Stills.

I feel like I'm finally on a career path that fits with my innate strengths like a glove, and couldn't be happier!

Experience

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Current

Product Designer

FM

Aug 2022 - Present (1 year 9 months)

I own my roadmap designing solutions in a fast-paced environment for all of FM’s products - each with an internal, contributor, and client surface. I communicate daily with stakeholders, product managers, marketing, and developers bridging the gap between meeting complex business requirements and advocating for satisfying user experiences. My responsibilities span from wireframing to shipping.

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Product Designer

Cultre Creative

May 2022 - Mar 2023 (10 months)

I drove the initiative to rebrand their client’s SaaS website and increase usability. I audited the existing experience, identified user pain points, researched how direct and indirect competitors solved similar user problems, and presented new design solutions to stakeholders. Then I created a new brand identity, shared Figma library, vector icons, infographics and re-designed the website.

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Product Designer

Prio

Mar 2023 - Nov 2023 (8 months)

Over the course of this contract I led the initiative to create a standardized, scalable UI Kit from scratch. This process included meeting with stakeholders to understand current functionality & user flows then auditing the existing site and working closely with a developer to build robust components, styles and a shared library.

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Creative Director

Maisey

Jan 2019 - Jul 2019 (6 months)

I met with stakeholders daily to strategize and create actionable goals for product growth and marketing. I drove all creative direction for marketing assets including writing scripts, filming and editing commercials and writing blog content to tell the story of how Maisey met user needs.

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Designer & Filmmaker

Self-employed

Jul 2019 - May 2022 (2 years 10 months)

I worked with independent artists and small businesses to design and market digital and physical products. My work included art direction, visual design, project management, social media marketing, videography, and web design.

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Filmmaker

Bethel Media

Jan 2013 - Dec 2019 (6 years 11 months)

Collaborated within a full-service production company supporting over 90 internal departments, each with its own products, stakeholders, and timelines.
 Led a small team creating 1000+ end-to-end narrative-driven video marketing materials that fit within business constraints to grow a community with a weekly reach of 200k.

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Availability

Open to opportunities

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United States

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Salary expectations

115k-150k USD

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